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Two motor shows this week - Shanghai and New York. News, auto show-related, kicked off the week with some improvement on the Chinese sales front as the rate of decline showed signs of slowing in March.

Opinion 21 Apr, 2019

The recently introduced ultra-low emission zone in London is just another money making scheme targeting motorists, says Mike Rutherford

Jinkang Seres, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Sokon Group also known as SF Motors, unveiled a new battery-powered SUV at a company event held this week in the south west city of Chongqing.

Easter is coming this weekend, which means Friday (19 April) and Monday (22 April) are public holidays for us, here in the UK.

New vehicle sales in Indonesia continued to fall in March 2019, by over 11% to 90,189 units from 101,674 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data compiled by industry association Gaikindo.

Ride-hail giant Uber Technologies is reported to be nearing a deal with a group of investors prepared to invest in its self-driving car unit.

SKF has inaugurated its tapered roller bearing factory in Changshan, China.

In a record year for Volkswagen Group Spanish unit SEAT, the purchasing operation spent EUR7.137bn (US$8.061bn) in 2018, up 5.6% year on year.

Lear Corporation has announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Seattle-based Xevo, a leading automotive software supplier that develops solutions for cloud, car, and mobile devices.

Hella has signed further cooperation agreements at Auto Shanghai, China's most important motor show.

Dana has announced that the company had added five facilities in China since the start of the year. The increase is the result of Dana's recent acquisition of the SME Group, as well as the Drive Systems segment of Oerlikon Group, including the Graziano and Fairfield brands.

Aeva has announced a partnership with AID-Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Audi AG and the 'center of excellence' for Volkswagen Group's autonomous driving system, to bring 'ground-breaking 4D Lidar' to its autonomous vehicle program.

Volkswagen plans to have produced 11.6m electric vehicles in China by 2028, the German automaker said.

Malaysia's new vehicle market expanded by 9.6% to 54,776 units in March from 49,987 units in the same month of last year, according to registration data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).

News 18 Apr, 2019

Mercedes bosses conform the hot AMG GLS will arrive and a super-luxury Maybach GLS is on the cards. But there’ll be no electric model.

Opinion 18 Apr, 2019

With an electric hypercar and a 911 rival on the way, Steve Fowler thinks the future of Lotus looks bright under Geely’s leadership

News 18 Apr, 2019

Performance division AMG is leading the development of the next Mercedes SL, which will feature hybrid engines when it arrives in 2022

Ford has said a shift in production at a Michigan plant to trucks from less profitable cars would lead to a $1bn-plus boost to its operating profit.

Apple has been evaluating at least four companies as possible suppliers of next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars while continuing to work on its own lidar unit, Reuters sources have said.